Better to live forever [Rebirth]

When Gu Chaoan learned that Mrs. Gao was going to bring her two grandchildren to Luojing, and she was already on the way back, she immediately stood up in shock!

"What is the manager doing! He, him!"

Is he crazy? !Gu Chao'an almost roared out of control.

Zhu Dingbei was also very shocked by his father's decision. He originally thought that Ning Heng's proposal was good, so he sincerely explained the whole story in the letter, hoping that his father would be able to handle it properly.But he was lucky, not only did not reply to discuss with him, but a letter from his family told him to send Gu Chao'an's stepson to the capital!Is this okay? !

Only then did Zhu Dingbei secretly regret it, why did he say it so clearly?

It was he who forgot that although his father had complaints against the emperor, it was related to the emperor's life, no matter how big a "sacrifice" he could make!What's more, just let the grandson come to the capital for a stroll, to please someone to win a good fortune, what is commonly known as Chongxi?Even after his grandfather heard the whole story, he just sighed silently and said nothing, obviously supporting his son's actions.

What a bunch of donkey-tempered idiots!

Zhu Dingbei was angry, but it was too late to say anything now, he had no choice but to stabilize Gu Chaoan's mood, and said everything calmly, but turned around to Ning Heng who came up with this bad idea, but he didn't have a good face for two days up.

Regarding Zhu Zhenliang's behavior, Ning Heng was also surprised, but the matter has come to this point, they can only guard against whether the emperor will go crazy like he left Changsheng in Luojing, and give the child a general of Zhenbei Marquis He was detained in Beijing.

When Zhu Dingbei and Gu Chaoan were restless, the internal strife of the Qiang people gradually became a foregone conclusion, and the winner was naturally Zhu Dingbei's favored Qiang King.After the situation stabilized, King Qiang also sent a letter of credence, Quan Dang apologized for the capture of two second-rank generals.The matter was considered complete, and when the emperor announced the list of replacements for Fan Dadao and Kong Yi, he even praised Zhen Youxiang in court.

After court that morning, Zhu Dingbei said to Ning Heng: "It seems that His Majesty didn't catch Zhen Feihe in that secret passage."

So, who did that secret passage lead to?According to Zhen Feihe's habit of acting in the Three Caves of the Rabbit, the person who would cover him must be very convincing, otherwise the emperor would not have made any move after so many days.

Ning Heng nodded and said: "The Emperor has long held Zhen Feihe in high regard. If there is no solid evidence, he will not easily suspect him."

In this way, I don't know whether it is good or bad.But how to say it, Zhu Dingbei now needs Zhen Fei to be safe and sound to realize his strategy of slowing down the army, no matter what, he has to pass this year.

Thinking about it, Zhu Dingbei said again: "Ah Heng, those of us who are going to dig gold can stop for a while. In the current situation, no amount of gold and silver can influence it, and it will add to the chaos. I was thinking, what do we have on hand? Aren’t there still several iron mines? When the war is approaching, pig iron must be in urgent need. Instead of waiting for the Ministry of Industry to find it, why don’t we give them some sweets now?”

Zhu Dingbei only opened one iron mine on the treasure map.He didn't want to raise troops to rebel, but just to cultivate elite soldiers, so the iron ore needed was really not much, and not one percent of that place had been mined yet.

Ning Heng's consideration of the war is not as comprehensive as Zhu Dingbei's. Before the war started, he had already considered every detail of the preparations. The pig iron stock in the Ministry of Industry is just to deal with the need to replace it that is not reported every year. Weapons have a fixed number, and they are indeed not enough to deal with the upcoming war.Thinking of this, Ning Heng naturally agreed.

No matter how reluctant Zhu Dingbei and the others were, time passed quickly. Seeing that the 75th birthday of Lord Hou was just around the corner, Mrs. Gao finally arrived in Beijing with her two grandchildren.

Zhu Dingbei went out of the city gate to meet him, and he waited thirty miles outside the city to meet A Niang and her two little nephews.

Lady Gao was naturally overjoyed when she saw him, she immediately jumped out of the carriage, took a good look at him, and then said with a smile: "I haven't seen you in half a year, my son has grown taller again." He is now much taller than Lady Gao Yes, Mrs. Gao wants to stand on tiptoe when she pats him on the shoulder.

Seeing that Ning Heng was also there, she didn't say much about homework, and thanked Master Changxin for his kindness, and then set off again.The two children crowded their heads and lay on the car window looking at them. After seeing someone looking at them, the older one immediately hid back, while the younger one still remembered the little uncle whom he hadn't seen in half a year. Dingbei got on his horse, his eyes lit up immediately and said: "Little uncle, I want to ride a horse too!"

He is not like his elder brother "Wen Jing", who ran out of the carriage after finishing speaking, and put his hands deep in Zhu Dingbei's hands.Zhu Dingbei had no choice but to drive his horse forward, put him on the horse and place him in front of him.

The little baby was instantly satisfied, and smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, turned her head and complained to Zhu Dingbei, "The car is not fun, and my butt hurts."

It made Zhu Dingbei laugh so hard, Ning Heng drove his horse over to walk alongside him, and handed him a thin cloak.It's already October, although the snowy weather in Luojing is not as good as in the north, but it's also cold and windy. Zhu Dingbei doesn't feel cold when riding a horse, so he doesn't wear the cloak he prepared, but now it's used on this child.

Zhu Dingbei wrapped him up, held him with one hand and held the rein with the other, bowed his head and said to him: "Sit still, hold me tight."

Mustache hugged his arm obediently.

A group of people walked quickly, and returned to Zhenbeihou Mansion in an hour.It was the first time for the old lady to see her two great-grandchildren, she hugged her and refused to let go, she sent them all the fun and delicious food, and coaxed the two little dolls to stick to her side and refused to leave.

On the second day, the married woman came back with the child, first to meet the aunt and two nephews, and second to help the old lady prepare for tomorrow's birthday banquet.

This was the first time that the old Hou Ye held a big birthday banquet. Except for the Qin family and the Lou family, almost half of the nobles in the capital came unless they were at odds with the Zhu family.This is also the first time for outsiders to see the new Marquis of Zhenbei's ability to deal with people.

Today's Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is different, it is the hereditary first-rank Marquis position, counted by Man Luojing, only the hereditary Changxin Marquis Mansion has such a distinguished status.If you can marry your daughter into the Marquis Mansion, it will be an honor for generations.

In the past, they didn't covet the position of the Marquis of Zhenbei. After all, the Marquis of Zhenbei was a hereditary marquis at best, but at worst, he was a hostage of the Zhu family army in Luojing. It was uncertain when His Majesty would take action against the Zhu family army. Isn't the Beihou Mansion of this town the first to bear the brunt?But it's different now, the Zhu family's army is flourishing, and many of the people present were those who had seen the military might of the Xianbei new army and Zhu's army that day. Reuse, even if it needs to be cleaned up, it will only suppress the arrogance, and will not really drive the Zhu family to death.

In this way, if you can't climb up to the Changxinhou Mansion, you can always try the Zhenbeihou Mansion, right?

They all thought of the assertion made by the eminent monk of the Huguo Temple about the marriage of the current Marquis of Zhenbei, and they thought that it would be less than two years before the Marquis of Zhenbei was weak. It was decided, so the enthusiasm for the old Hou Ye and his wife doubled.Little did they know that the marriage of Marquis Zhenbei had already been arranged by someone they couldn't reach, so there was nothing to rejoice about.

What made Lao Houye's birthday even more talked about that day was a decree from His Majesty the Emperor.

It was not others who came to read out the will, but the fifth prince. Although the second prince was not invited, he also came to celebrate the old Hou Ye's birthday together with the fifth prince, and the gift he gave was even more enviable to others.

In terms of decree, His Majesty the Emperor personally congratulated them, and also said that the great-grandchildren of Zhenbeihou's mansion would come to Beijing to see them, so that Zhu Dingbei, the Zhenbeihou, would bring the two children to the palace to have an audience tomorrow.

No one expected that His Majesty not only gave face to the old man, but also mentioned the two little-known juniors. He couldn't help thinking in his heart, whether His Majesty was so close to the Zhu family because of the Xianbei new army, or because of the recent border... What about the sweet date that His Majesty the Zhu family gave you first because he wanted to reuse it?

Most people think it's the former. After all, it's winter now. The Xiongnu won't repeat their tricks and fight such thankless battles in winter, right?

Zhu Dingbei accepted the decree, but said in his heart: The emperor is really unwilling to wait a day!

But no matter how unhappy he was, on the second day, Zhu Dingbei still packed himself and his two children properly, and entered the palace early in the morning, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to retire to promote them.The two children came to the palace for the first time, and they were easily infected by the tense atmosphere here, and became restrained. The mustaches rolled their eyes sharply, looking curiously at those who looked like dummies with their heads down and silent. The palace servant couldn't help but whispered to the little uncle's ear and asked him: "Don't they need to eat, drink, and pee? Why don't they move?"

He was much more courageous than his brother, and wanted to run down to see if these "dummies" really couldn't move.

Zhu Dingbei was also afraid that he would cause trouble, so he grabbed him back into his arms and asked him, "Do you want to pee?"

The mustache nodded embarrassedly, Zhu Dingbei laughed, and asked the palace servants to lead the way and take the two children to relieve him, but when he came back, he saw that the eunuch Dongsheng had already arrived at the side hall, and when he saw them, he passed the emperor's oral order to summon them.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Dingbei, Marquis of Zhenbei, and his two sons and nephews pay a visit to His Majesty."

He knelt down with the two children, Emperor Zhenyuan seemed to have forgotten to scream, and his eyes fell on the child who was kneeling on the ground and twisted from time to time, carefully touching his knees.

After a moment of distraction, he said gently: "There's no need to be polite, just get up."

He smiled and asked Zhu Dingbei to bring the two children forward for him to have a good look at, but in fact, his gaze fell on Mustache.The child was also very curious about him. Seeing him looking at him all the time, he raised his head to look at him too, his big eyes were full of doubts, and he widened his eyes unwilling to show weakness, as if he was competing with the emperor whose eyes were bigger .